 | The University of Virginia record April 1, 1919 |  |
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.
For admission to any department of the University, the general conditions
are the following:
1. Sufficient Age.—The minimum legal age is sixteen years; the faculty
advise seventeen or more. Eighteen years is the minimum for admission to
the Department of Law.
2. Good Character.—This must be attested by a certificate of honorable
dismissal from the school last attended, or by other valid proof.
3. Adequate Preparation.—This must be such as will enable the candidate
to meet the requirements for admission to the several departments of
the University.
For admission to the College, the candidate must present a certificate
or pass an equivalent examination. In etiher case the amount of preparation
required is measured in terms of units.
A unit represents a year's study in any subject in a secondary school, constituting
approximately a quarter of a full year's work.
This definition of a unit takes the four-year high-school course as a basis
and assumes that the length of the school year is from thirty-six to forty
weeks, that a period is from forty to sixty minutes in length, and that the
study is pursued for four or five periods a week; but under ordinary circumstances
a satisfactory year's work in any subject cannot be accomplished in
less than one hundred and twenty hours, or their equivalent. Schools organized
on any other than a four-year basis can, nevertheless, estimate their
work in terms of this unit.
For the requirements as to the number and selection of units for entrance
to the College, see page 49.
For admission to the graduate and professional departments, see the
catalogues of these departments.
SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION.
The subjects accepted for admission and their values in units are given
below in tabulated form. Fuller definitions of the units may be had upon
application to the Dean.
| Subject | Topics | Units |
| English A | Grammar and Grammatical Analysis | 1 |
| English B | Composition and Rhetoric | 1 |
| English C | Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature | 1 |
| English D | Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature | 1 |
| Mathematics A1 | Algebra to Quadratic Equations | 1 |
| Mathematics A2 | Quadratics, Progressions, and the Binomial Formula | ½ or 1 |
| Mathematics B | Plane Geometry | 1 |
| Mathematics C | Solid Geometry | ½ |
| Mathematics D | Plane Trigonometry | ½ |
| History A | Greek and Roman History | 1 |
| History B | Medieval and Modern European History | 1 |
| History C | English History | 1 |
| History D | American History and Civil Government | 1 |
| Latin A | Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Latin B | Caesar's Gallic War, I-IV; Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| Latin C | Cicero's Orations (6); Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| Latin D | Virgil's Æneid, I-VI; Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| Greek A | Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Greek B | Xenophon's Anabasis, I-IV; Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| Greek C | Homer's Iliad, I-III; Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| German A | Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| German B | Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| German C | Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| German D | Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| French A | Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| French B | Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| French C | Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| French D | Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Spanish A | Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Spanish B | Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Spanish C | Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Spanish D | Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Science A | Physical Geography | 1 |
| Science B | Inorganic Chemistry | 1 |
| Science C | Experimental Physics | 1 |
| Science D | Botany | ½ |
| Science E | Zoölogy | ½ |
| Science F | Agriculture (special schools) | 2 |
| Drawing | Mechanical and Projection Drawing | 1 |
| Shop-work | Wood-work, Forging, and Machine-work | 1 |
ADMISSION BY CERTIFICATE.
For admission by certificate, the applicant should file with the Dean of
the University not later than September 1 a Certificate of Preparation, made
out on the blank form furnished by the University. This certificate must
come from a recognized institution of collegiate rank, from an accredited
public high school, or from an accredited private secondary school.
The candidate for admission from a public high school must be a
graduate of an accredited four-year high school.
The candidate for admission from a private secondary school must be
a graduate of the school, or must present a certificate showing that he has
completed at least the equivalent of four years of satisfactory high-school
work of standard grade, covering at least fifteen entrance units.
In every case the candidate for admission must have the recommendation
of the principal of the certifying school.
Schools in Virginia are accredited by the faculty of this university after
inspection and report by a committee of the faculty (see pages 66-69). The
Dean of the University is further authorized to accept certificates from
schools outside Virginia, accredited by their own state universities or institutions
of equal rank, provided the courses of study offered in such schools
meet the requirements demanded of accredited schools in this State.
If in any accredited school the number of periods given to a study, or
the length of the period, is below the specified standard, the credit for such
subject is reduced pro rata. In the science subjects only half-credit is allowed
unless individual laboratory notebooks, properly attested by the
teacher in charge, are filed with the certificate.
Certificates of preparation from private tutors will in no case be accepted;
students thus prepared must in all cases take the entrance examinations.
ADMISSION BY EXAMINATION.
For admission by examination, the candidate must present himself at
the University in June or in September, according to the dates given in the
Program of Entrance Examinations. The examinations are held under the
honor system, no paper being accepted unless accompanied by the usual
pledge. All candidates who take their examinations at the times appointed
are tested free of charge. In case of delayed entrance, where the
grounds of postponement are good, the President of the University may
admit the candidate to a special examination, for which a fee of five dollars
is charged. This fee is payable in advance, and is in no case returned.
| June, 1919 | 9-11 A.M. | 11 A.M.-1 P.M. | 3-5 P.M. | Sept., 1919 | |
| Mon. 2 | Science D | Greek C | Science F | Mon. 15 | |
| Science E | Science A | Science C | |||
| French A | French B | History D | |||
| Tues. 3 | English A | English B | English C | Tues. 16 | |
| Greek A | Greek B | French C | |||
| Wed. 4 | History A | History B | History C | Wed. 17 | |
| Spanish A | Spanish B | Science B | |||
| Thur. 5 | Math. A1 | Math. A2 | Math. B | Thur. 18 | |
| French D | |||||
| Fri. 6 | German A | German B | German D | Fri. 19 | |
| Spanish C | Spanish D | Math. C and D | |||
| Sat. 7 | Latin A | Latin C | Latin D | Sat. 20 | |
| Latin B | German C | English D |
| The University of Virginia record April 1, 1919 | |